diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-pci-address-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-pci-address-device.args
index 5159b00ef11e314c30bba91d5b0a3b1db398d2e6..79654f44bb1b161b9f1c53f62b4db7d53c375a09 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-pci-address-device.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-pci-address-device.args
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ server,nowait \
 -usb \
 -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
 -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
--device pci-assign,host=0000:06:12.5,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-device vfio-pci,host=0000:06:12.5,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-pci-address.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-pci-address.args
index fe6acaaf62d1212c4f12c31a482ba4652775dcbd..0a57a8f29e0d26e4c5f753ac9e87fa1201d275e4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-pci-address.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-pci-address.args
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ server,nowait \
 -usb \
 -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
 -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
--device pci-assign,host=0000:06:12.5,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
+-device vfio-pci,host=0000:06:12.5,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.args
index eefc247eed4e63d504358e267d4f52a869529efc..515b0c58d3155f6a884c5221f45892ef4dcee6a4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-bootorder.args
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@ server,nowait \
 -usb \
 -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
 -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=2 \
--device pci-assign,host=0000:03:07.1,id=hostdev0,bootindex=1,bus=pci.0,\
-addr=0x3
+-device vfio-pci,host=0000:03:07.1,id=hostdev0,bootindex=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-multidomain.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-multidomain.args
index bf7686f49cbe2357280b18b5e63b8bbd39fe7134..18c5e981880ff776b01d812e093bfc5770ff1741 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-multidomain.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev-multidomain.args
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ server,nowait \
 -usb \
 -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
 -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
--device pci-assign,host=2424:21:1c.6,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-device vfio-pci,host=2424:21:1c.6,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev.args
index 94eac176f3182bb9253b10bdf0a6a14b61496a5a..aa9e91db825e694a7cdd40b0f8dccc880407441d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-hostdev.args
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ server,nowait \
 -usb \
 -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
 -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
--device pci-assign,host=0000:03:07.1,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-device vfio-pci,host=0000:03:07.1,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pci-rom.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pci-rom.args
index 7235642ee8cb9558d5af67fd2c2772de81b5cd6c..4a5dc4161a2a977a39b2e33417785b99fa9d2e97 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pci-rom.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pci-rom.args
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ addr=0x3,rombar=1 \
 -netdev user,id=hostnet1 \
 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet1,id=net1,mac=52:54:00:24:a5:9e,bus=pci.0,\
 addr=0x4,romfile=/etc/fake/bootrom.bin \
--device pci-assign,host=0000:06:12.5,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,rombar=0 \
--device pci-assign,host=0000:06:12.6,id=hostdev1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6,rombar=1,\
+-device vfio-pci,host=0000:06:12.5,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,rombar=0 \
+-device vfio-pci,host=0000:06:12.6,id=hostdev1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6,rombar=1,\
 romfile=/etc/fake/bootrom.bin \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index c166fd18d6b1be56eb223d6e54b0b9f5c95753d4..26b512d24606077488cde9b95dda0f706e85a10d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ testCompareXMLToArgv(const void *data)
         if (hostdev->mode == VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_MODE_SUBSYS &&
             hostdev->source.subsys.type == VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SUBSYS_TYPE_PCI &&
             hostdev->source.subsys.u.pci.backend == VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_PCI_BACKEND_DEFAULT) {
-            hostdev->source.subsys.u.pci.backend = VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_PCI_BACKEND_KVM;
+            hostdev->source.subsys.u.pci.backend = VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_PCI_BACKEND_VFIO;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1303,9 +1303,9 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("net-many-models", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-mcast", NONE);
     DO_TEST("net-udp", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("net-hostdev", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("net-hostdev-bootorder", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("net-hostdev-multidomain", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("net-hostdev", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
+    DO_TEST("net-hostdev-bootorder", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
+    DO_TEST("net-hostdev-multidomain", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
     DO_TEST("net-hostdev-vfio",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
     DO_TEST("net-hostdev-vfio-multidomain",
@@ -1576,8 +1576,8 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("hostdev-usb-address", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hostdev-usb-address-device", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hostdev-usb-address-device-boot", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("hostdev-pci-address", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("hostdev-pci-address-device", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("hostdev-pci-address", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
+    DO_TEST("hostdev-pci-address-device", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
     DO_TEST("hostdev-vfio",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
     DO_TEST("hostdev-vfio-multidomain",
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_ZPCI);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("hostdev-vfio-zpci",
                         QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
-    DO_TEST("pci-rom", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("pci-rom", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_PCI);
     DO_TEST("pci-rom-disabled", NONE);
     DO_TEST("pci-rom-disabled-invalid", NONE);